Climate twins of Plevna, MT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Plevna's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.

Side-by-side: Plevna vs its climate twin

Top match: Edgemont, SD

Month Plevna Edgemont
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 29.9°F 6.2°F 0.48 in 33.6°F 4.3°F 0.37 in
February 33.3°F 10.2°F 0.50 in 38.4°F 7.8°F 0.48 in
March 45.3°F 20.3°F 0.70 in 50.3°F 18.0°F 0.95 in
April 56.7°F 30.1°F 1.55 in 59.3°F 27.4°F 1.84 in
May 67.0°F 40.5°F 2.90 in 68.7°F 37.9°F 2.65 in
June 76.8°F 50.0°F 2.65 in 80.1°F 47.9°F 2.64 in
July 86.3°F 56.1°F 1.86 in 88.8°F 54.8°F 2.21 in
August 85.5°F 54.0°F 1.35 in 87.3°F 52.1°F 1.50 in
September 75.1°F 44.1°F 1.48 in 77.6°F 41.5°F 1.21 in
October 58.1°F 31.3°F 1.16 in 61.8°F 27.3°F 1.26 in
November 43.2°F 18.9°F 0.58 in 46.9°F 14.8°F 0.56 in
December 32.4°F 8.6°F 0.43 in 34.8°F 5.4°F 0.44 in

Cities that consider Plevna their climate twin

These US cities have Plevna in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Plevna would feel familiar.

How this is computed

Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →